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North-east England, defined here as the historic counties of Northumberland and Durham, has a long, proud tradition of producing great innovators, ...

Long before Brexit, the Common Market and even the Commonwealth, Britannia truly did rule the waves. Perhaps more unsung is the fact that she also ...

Long before Brexit, the Common Market and even the Commonwealth, Britannia truly did rule the waves. Perhaps more unsung is the fact that she also ...

The North British Locomotive Company came into existence in 1903 as an amalgamation of three established Glasgow locomotive manufacturers: Dübs &am...

Thousands of years before the Romans and the Venerable Bede, Northumberland was a landscape of hilltop forts, many of which can be traced today. Mi...

Between the two world wars there was a golden era of industrial design when the benefits of streamlining were realised, allowing for reduced wind r...

The ''British'' period in the Middle East began with Lawrence of Arabia''s attacks on the Hedjaz Railway in the First World War and the eventual de...

Elegance in Engineering showcases an interesting and diverse collection of British-built steam locomotives from all builders, for railways at home ...

Named after the Napier Deltic diesel engines that powered them, the Class 55 Deltic locomotives served on Britains railways from the early 1960s un...

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is Britain's most popular heritage railway, and runs for 18 miles through the national park of the same name. The...

George Stephenson was born in 1781, the son of a Northumberland colliery engineman. Within a hundred years of his birth his railway legacy had open...